16,949 Garden Web Discussions | Growing Tomatoes

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gumby_ct(CT it says Z5)

If you want to do that you could root each branch on the leggy plants and get even more to sell :)

    Bookmark     August 13, 2012 at 1:45PM
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MaryMcP Zone 8b - Phx AZ

Oh Boy! MORE tomatoes. I'm kinda tired of tending them at this point. I'm sure I'll feel better about it all when I finally get some results to taste.

I'll move the water rooting stems to potting soil. Thanks again for the input.

    Bookmark     August 14, 2012 at 8:26AM
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tonycjax

How do you treat edema on tomato plant?

    Bookmark     August 12, 2012 at 10:52PM
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mule

It wouldnt be something you "treat". Rather it's something to prevent. Once you do see it just best to help the plant grow well. It would likely grow out of it if the environmental cause has ended.

I suppose if one helped the excess soil moisture drain/dry out more (make holes in soil) or stay cooler (mulch the soil) that might help.

    Bookmark     August 13, 2012 at 2:09PM
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Kerol_82

Hi,

I'm a first time tomato grower but that happened to both my Mortgage Lifter and Big Beef after 2 thunderstorms. I just taped it up with Saran wrap about 1.5 inches wide much like you would a wound with a bandage and they survived just fine. I never removed the tape and they now each have about 25 fruits on them. Just make sure they're supported with a stake or something to keep them upright.
Goodluck.

    Bookmark     August 13, 2012 at 12:01PM
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noinwi

I use masking tape for those accidents. I just leave it on until it weathers and falls off. The break is usually healed by then.

    Bookmark     August 13, 2012 at 12:27PM
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Tomatobaby

I had it fully ripe and it is good, but it is so much better when it is only half ripe. That is how I will eat them from now on, but it's true that we don't know what we will like until we grow them and try them out! So glad I did not give up on this one because it does take forever to ripen. I had my first cherry tomato ripe in the beginning of July (maybe even the end of June) but nothing on the Uncle Mark Bagby until my post above.

    Bookmark     August 12, 2012 at 8:08PM
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robeb

I had it fully ripe and it is good, but it is so much better when it is only half ripe.

I'm guessing that what you thought was "fully ripe" was beyond ripe.

    Bookmark     August 13, 2012 at 12:55AM
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barnhardt9999(8a)

And the plant.

    Bookmark     August 11, 2012 at 10:46AM
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sharonrossy(Montreal 5B)

Hi I am having the same problem. From the advice I've been given, it could be a lack of phosphorous or possibly magnesium. I was told to fertilize with a 10-50-10 . If I remember the numbers correctly.
Sharon

    Bookmark     August 12, 2012 at 9:45PM
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srg215(6b nj)

Sounds a lot like the squirrel damage I've been having. We got an electric fence and they still occasionally find their way in.

    Bookmark     August 12, 2012 at 5:57PM
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bubbaearly(Al 8)

I agree with about everyone else....rocky the nite prowler. You wantta catch him, make sure your trap works like it should, then put plenty of peanut butter in there...krunchy or creamy is up to you! I prefer creamy, Don't leave your dog out. Good luck

    Bookmark     August 12, 2012 at 9:38PM
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)

Yeah, I thought the top of that tomato looked black but wasn't sure with lighting, angles, etc.

MG certainly did a stroke of business getting their logo/ad to cut into the picture like that.

    Bookmark     August 10, 2012 at 9:48AM
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)

Interesting....on my 15" monitor the MG ad cuts into the upper left corner of the tomato basket photo which is why I thought they had something to do with the photo, but on my wife's wider monitor the MG logo is completely separate, and at least a couple of inches to the left of the photo.

    Bookmark     August 12, 2012 at 6:13PM
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noinwi

"I know Linda Sapp at TGS very well and I've never known TGS to send out seeds like that so I think there must be a goof up somewhere with maybe your labels?"

Carolyn, it does happen occasionally. I've gotten a stray seed in the past from TGS. I only grow a small number of plants for DH and myself, so I know what I planted. I saved seed from my "stray" and still grow it because I like it, although I'll never know what it is, just that it is a pink slicer that came out of a packet of Persimmon seed. Just sayin' :)

    Bookmark     August 12, 2012 at 5:01PM
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)

I'm not saying that a stray seed couldn't appear in a pack of a known variety, sure it's happened in the packing, but in this case we've got a huge yellow and a smaller red, with apparently no plants showing the correct variety and it's just hard for me to understand how the stray seeds, one of each color could get into a pack.

Each year I do a seed offer and this past Jan I packed up 500 packs of seed to send to US folks as well as folks in other countries and when I pack seeds there are NO other varieties on the table top and I have to assume that those who still pack seeds manually use the same caution.

Fact is that now days very little seed packing is done manually by commercial seeds sites, at leastI think that's true. I know SSE has an automatic machine that does it, but I don't know about other seed sites.

One of the best stray seeds was found in a pack of the variety Pineapple by Majorie Morris of IN, and she ended up calling Orange Strawberry. She's also the person who sent me seeds for German Red Strawberry, a family heirloom, and some think the two are related in some way, but not true at all.

Carolyn

    Bookmark     August 12, 2012 at 5:33PM
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)

Uhhh, yeah some reading here will serve you well. Lots of great detailed 'how to grow tomatoes in containers' discussions here.

For starters, your container is far too small for most any tomato plant but especially for the variety you are growing. Then read about Blossom Drop as in your location it is probably too hot and/or too humid for blooms to set fruit right now so you get lots of blossom drop, potting soil doesn't work well in containers, you need a soil-less potting mix, and all plants in containers need regular weekly feeding of a balanced fertilizer.

Dave

    Bookmark     August 12, 2012 at 3:57PM
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barrie2m_(6a, central PA)

Seems like the heat may have coupled with rapid growth to cause poorer results for now. Water frequently,thin fruit and possibly use a copper fungicide/bactericide spray if the spots are a concern to you.

    Bookmark     August 12, 2012 at 1:43PM
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)

Sorry, all I can do is empathise. I've had the same problem in the past with a few different varieties at different times. It doesn't seem like a normal die off, but other than that I have no idea. I always thought something was wrong, but didn't know what. The branches would die and get crispy fairly rapidly, and just fall off.

    Bookmark     August 11, 2012 at 9:34AM
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pnbrown

Branches steadily dying from the bottom up says considerable nutrient deficiency to me. The plants are starving.

    Bookmark     August 12, 2012 at 9:46AM
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bubbaearly(Al 8)

It does help thanks Carolyn, especially the way I talk so poorly about the (grocery store tomatoes) I never tried the bag ,but I have tried the fried green tomatoes.

    Bookmark     August 11, 2012 at 11:53AM
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colokid(5)

Thank you Carolyn!
The "brown paper bag" and the "egg shell for BER" are my pet peeves that are forwarded over and over. If you keep telling people the truth enough times maybe they will get the idea. Coming from you they should believe.

    Bookmark     August 11, 2012 at 9:59PM
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gumby_ct(CT it says Z5)

Not slammin but it is pretty tasty. I am holding a buffet for deer.

Speakin of deer how the hey ya been? ;)

ps: I was worried sick about you :)

    Bookmark     August 6, 2012 at 11:05PM
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gumby_ct(CT it says Z5)

Reminder the fair is tomorrow.

cya there ;)

    Bookmark     August 11, 2012 at 8:21PM
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)

Yes, I've grown it. It was reintroduced to the US by an SSE member in the early 90's as sourced from Germany but is not a German heirloom.

It was widely grown in Europe and in Hungary, I think it was, was named in Hungarian Goat's T*T for the small nipple at the blossom end of each fruit.

It's what's called a multiflora type and one blossom stalk can hold several hundred blossoms but usually only 30-40 set fruit. For me the taste almost approaches that of a good beefsteak variety.

It was grown in the US back in the mid 1800's as brought to this country by immigrants, and documented as being in Philly at the time and has a good reputation for one to make wine from. A friend of mine did so and that wine was delicious, more like a pale sherry.

I haven't the faintest idea of how tall the plants grow b'c when I was growing hundreds of plants and varieties each year I sprawled all of them, but yes, a vigorous plant, no doubt about it.

And note the spelling of it for anyone who wants to Google it or whatever b'c it's Riesentraube ( with i before e), and not Reisetomate( e before i), the latter being a completely different variety and an oddball at that, and also known as traveler and voyage.

Hope that helps.

Carolyn

Here is a link that might be useful: Riesentraube

    Bookmark     August 11, 2012 at 11:10AM
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pnbrown

Thanks for the response and the name correction, Carolyn. I heard the flavor is good and strong, am looking forward to tasting the fruit.

The plant seems to have a mild case of blight but still is going strong. I am impressed by the vigor.

    Bookmark     August 11, 2012 at 2:47PM
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)

Could you post a picture of some of the tomatoes please? It would help a great deal. From your description it could be several different things and we could only guess at the cause.

Are there any signs of pests? Stinkbugs? Fruitworms? How do the plants themselves look? Any signs of disease?

Dave

    Bookmark     August 10, 2012 at 6:53PM
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